Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-06
Republican. victory In Chicago.
by telegraph to tho Dlspatch.I

CHICAGO, April 5-S:15 p. M-Two
hundred and eighty-nine precincts out
Of $50 in this city give Roche (Repub-
licsn) majority of 2S,049. The fifty
precincts yet to be heard from are scat
tered throughout the city. and will
probably make no material change in
the ratio Of gain for Roche. The indi-
cations are that Roehe's majority will
be S30,000-a figure that surprises
everybody. II the $500 votes nstu-
ralized during the past month by the
United Labor party be added to the
$4,000 cast for the Socialist Stauber last
fall, the total will be very near what
Nelson's vote now promises to be. Re
turns received at the town hall, in the
stock yards district, up to 6 L. NJ,
indicate that Elmer Washburne, head
ing the Reform ticket, which was allied
with the Roche ticket in the city wards,
has been elected supervisor by ma
jority Of 100 over all opposition.
The United Labor party polled to-day
Just enc half the number of votes its
leaders had predicted three nights ago,
before Robert Nelson, their candidate
for mayor, distinctly declared for the
red flag. He said in public if Sunday
school children could march in process
sion with their chosen banners and no
American flag, he saw no reason why
workiDgmen, If equally orderly, could
not do the same, even il the color OF
their banner was red. Since then the
campaign has been fought solely on
that issue, and the result is surprise
to every one--Socialists and anti-So-
cialists alike. Two United Labor alder
men are the only successful candidates
OF that party. Their general ticket is
buried under a majority of 10000
votes
1t was only last night that the Social
ist organizer, Gruenhut, made tho az
sertion that the seven condemned Anar-
chists would lie saved by his party,
polling at least their $4,000 pledged
votes, electing Socialist city treasurer
end their entire Westown ticket, six to
nine aldermen. The party polled in
round numbers about 10000 votes.
I'VE have only held on to the Socialistic
vote" said Gruenhut sadly tonight.
The United Labor party had made
it's campaien-cry that not man on
their ticket would owe his election to
votes purchased with whiskey. A So
cialistic ticket-peddler dropping dead
at the polls-probably of heart
disease-was the nearest approach to
tragic incident. Not single serious
row occurred during the day.
In the absence of Democratic ticket
the Democrats who voted cast their
ballots almost unanimously for the Re-
publican candidates. 1t is estimated
that about 10 per cent. of the Demo-
crats failed to vote at all.
One OF the characteristic incidents OF
the day was the arrest in the Fifteenth
Ward of Herman Groenmeyer, q Ger
man Socialist, for too extensively circu-
lsting anti-Roche circulars. The ar
rest nearly led TO riot, but Groen-
never was released on promising to
desist.
Similar scenes were enacted in other
wards. and have led TO charges by the
United Labor leaders of unwarranted
interference on the part OF the police.
The two successful candidates OF the
United Labor party are Conner and
Dyorak for aldermen in the Filth
and Sixth Wards respectively. Their
election had been conceded from the
start. but the majority is smaller than
they anticipated. 1t was generally ex-
recfed that the noted Socialist, George
schiliing, would be elected alderman in
the Fourteenth Ward, but at the last
moment his strength was diverted by
Riordan (Democrat). In many OF the
wards ladies we're present distributing
Prohibition tickets. The candidates OF
that party drew about their usual vote.
l0J5 i. MI is reasonably certain
that the United Labor party elected
Two aldermen and nothing else.